The real way to fix the educational gap between this country and our "rival" countries in Europe and Asia is that we do not provide a higher education to those people who do not have the financial resources to get a college education. When you see someone poor on the street, or when you think about the poor people in America, you feel bad for them because maybe they didn't have the opportunity to go to college, and therefore they were disadvantaged. We should offer interest free loans to ALL American students who have at least a 2.5 to go to a community college, or a state college for those with a 3.5 or higher. The money would include room and board at state colleges (for those with a 3.5 or higher), through the college directly. Thus, the money would be paid to the college and student fraud would be prevented. The loans would be collected by the IRS, which would ensure that the revenue was collected. This is how we fix the education in this country. We don't have to spend money needlessly, we need to offer loans to people that actually allow people to further their education and provide the US with a more competitive work force.
